Rooks can fly forwards, backwards and left and right but never diagonally. #animalfacts #nature #rooks #BirdsOfTwitter

If a carpet shark gets red wine on it, it'll never come out. #animalfacts #nature #shark #redwine #carpet

If a King penguin egg is a double yolker, they hatch out yellow. #animalfacts #nature #BirdsOfTwitter #penguin #yolk

An octopus has 7 anuses, one for every day of the week. #animalfacts #nature #OctopusFacts

Lions cannot eat a jam doughnut without licking their lips. #animalfacts #nature #Lions #doughnuts #jam

Baby pangolins remain silent until adolescence for fear of being jinxed. #animalfacts #nature #pangolin #jinx

Grey squirrels disappear for months at a time and nobody knows where they go. #animalfacts #nature #Greysquirrel #Mystery

European Pine Martens shed their fur if kept inside for too long. #animalfacts #nature #Pines #Marten

If an adder sniffs a weasel, it dies. #animalfacts #nature #snakes #adder #weasel #badsmell #Death

The Robin Hood bird steals eggs from the fertile and gives them discreetly to the nests of barren birds. #animalfacts #nature #BirdsOfTwitter #RobinHood #Eggs #Rich #Poor

If a black cat is born on Friday 13th, it will forever push a 'pull' cat flap and pull a 'push' cat flap first. #animalfacts #nature #CatsofTwittter #Friday13th #BlackCatsofTwittter

Cheetahs are the most absorbent of all the big cats. #animalfacts #nature #BigCats #CatsofTwittter #Cheetah

If a white rhino stands still for long enough, its feet take root and it grows into the ground. #animalfacts #nature #Rhinos #roots

All the world's curlews are born on the Scottish Island, Ailsa Craig. #animalfacts #nature #curlew #Islands #ailsa

If you say 'Tasmanian Devil' three times into a mirror, one'll jump out and grab you. #animalfacts #nature #tasmanian #Devil

Bank voles regularly detach their heads to amuse their peers. #animalfacts #nature #vole #bank

CT scans have revealed that Koala's have an emotional range of one; ennui. #animalfacts #nature #koala #Bears

British magpies actively abhor the structures of democracy. #animalfacts #nature #BirdsOfTwitter #magpies #democracy

Flamingos feed upside down to avoid the embarrassment of hiccups. #animalfacts #nature #flamingo #hiccups #BirdsOfTwitter

Asian elephants can only cross their toes on their front feet. #animalfacts #nature #elephants #toes